(AP) The cyber-bullying must stop.
That was the message forcefully delivered by France’s equality minister in an impassioned appeal Friday on behalf of a 16-year-old who has been hounded online after posting comments critical of Islam.
The girl has faced a deluge of insults and threats. She had to stop attending classes, and a French prosecutor has launched two police investigations after the location of her school and other details about her were published online, French media have reported.
Her anti-Islam comments and the reaction to them have split opinions online, where there are hashtags for and against the teen.
